Yeah, for some reason I ran into that issue, too. I'm not giving my governmental ID to some random corporation. If that means I can't use their services, then so be it.
Someone always has to be the first to say "no thanks" to their bs.
Yeah I basically told my discord friends that I’m not going to be held hostage with the threat of losing contact with them, so if they want to communicate with me they can hit me up by other means which I shared.
How many people on Discord would really give ID? It's not Facebook; all their names are pseudonyms, and they're talking privately.